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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 20, 2011Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

762 
WWUS71 KBUF 201907
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

NYZ010-019-085-202200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.110420T1907Z-110420T2200Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 


* LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE
  THRUWAY.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE
  CAUTION. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

AR
2 follow-up statements
893 
WWUS71 KBUF 201908 CCA
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

NYZ010-019-085-202200-
/O.COR.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.110420T1907Z-110420T2200Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 


* LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE
  THRUWAY.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE
  CAUTION. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

AR
477 
WWUS71 KBUF 202158
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
558 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

NYZ010-019-085-210000-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110421T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
558 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE 
  THRUWAY. 

* TIMING...THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE 
  CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

APFFEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Wyoming67 min
Apr 20, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie59 min
Apr 20, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming64 min
Apr 20, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario, Wyoming51 min
Apr 20, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie53 min
Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFErie3 hr
Apr 20, 3:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming61 min
Apr 20, 4:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Livingston, Ontario58 min
Apr 20, 7:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBUFErie, Wyoming5 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.